Play Jokers on Fire for Free

As a retro game, there are lots of fruits and other traditional symbols to play to match along one of the 15 paylines.  Clicking on the pay table, which is the only button that has been designed in a contrasting blue flame colour, has a full run down of the values each symbol on the tiles will payout. These payout values are multipliers of the bet per line. The bet button will adjust the stake with each click in increments and the range will have high rollers tingling with excitement. For each line the stake can be 1 to 1000 making it a total bet of between 15 and 15000 for the 15 paylines.

As the reels spin, the sound effect is of a stoked fire crackling, and whizzing before your eyes are melons, lemons, cherries, grapes, gold bars, stars bells, coins, lucky 7s and a treasure chest. These are the basic symbols and all come with decent prizes attached, although some are more decent than others. As an example, the bottom of the pack are the lemons with a multiplier of 5x the line bet for getting 5 in a row. The high paying of the bunch is the 7 with 1000x the line bet for 5 matches.

It’s nice that the jokers haven’t been given creepy faces like on some games. They do look a bit surprised though but that might be because they are on fire! As the wild symbol, the jokers can help fill in to make wins and at times perform special moves. If two appear on a reel in the base game, they will expand to fill the whole reel to bring flame power to make wins. In any slot game, it's always nice to get a few free spins and with Jokers on Fire, it’s good to see this feature is included. There's up to 25 extra reel spins and all carry a 10x multiplier on prizes. The joker also wields his flames by expanding if he only appears once on a reel and this makes the free spins feature potentially very profitable for gamblers.

It’s a welcome bonus to see not 1, but 3 progressive jackpots on offer of a mini, major and mega jackpot. These are increased with a 5% percentage from the total bet each time a bet is placed and has a mega jackpot limit of 1000000. Those with nerves of steel can opt to risk wins on the gamble feature to guess the colour of a playing card.

The free Fire and Ice slot machine is another fruit foray into the elements. This time there is ice on hand to combat the fire effects. There are 6 reels and up to 20 win lines that provide the game with an old school edge, and the developer Amatic Industries have included 7 bonus free spins and sticking wilds to help bring to gamblers some substantial winning potential.

The symbols are as you’d expect for a fruit machine with melons, lemons, cherries oranges, grapes, 7s, stars, bars and bells. The game's sound effects are more in keeping with traditional play, such as the coins against metal tray sounds for payouts. Thrown into the mix is a gamble feature similar to Jokers on Fire, but here Amatic have taken pity on players and given the option to only gamble half of any winnings.

Jokers on fire has a RTP of 96.95% and its medium variance is sure to attract many hoping to fan the flames to reap some fiery loot. It’s exciting to play but it seems to be a game that for all the heat its radiating, manages to go slightly off the boil. The background music is too light and happy, and for us is a little mismatched as the music quenches the drama element to the game.

A quick trip into the settings can easily remedy that by turning the sound off, but the overall impact of all that fire is lost by that time. However, we don’t want to pour water on the game as there are other sounds that are genius and guaranteed to raise a smile, such as the mega jackpot sound of someone shouting ‘I’m rich!’. If you like your gaming to be so hot it's on fire, then Jokers on Fire is sure to be one to add to your list.